Four Fort Wainwright soldiers suffered minor injuries in three separate attacks in Iraq last week, Army officials said Friday.
All four soldiers were part of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, which left Alaska last month for a yearlong assignment in the Middle East. The 3,800- person brigade started arriving in Iraq in early September after first going to Kuwait.
All three of the attacks occurred on Sept. 11, Army officials said.
Two of the soldiers were injured when their Stryker vehicle was hit by a “suicide vehicle-borne improvised explosive device” near Rawah, a town on the Euphrates River near the Syrian border. The vehicle sustained minor damage. Authorities declined to comment on the nature of the soldiers' injuries, citing privacy laws.
Four Wainwright Soldiers Injured in Iraq
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Four Fort Wainwright soldiers suffered minor injuries in three separate attacks in Iraq last week, Army officials said Friday.
All four soldiers were part of the 172nd Stryker Brigade Combat Team, which left Alaska last month for a yearlong assignment in the Middle East. The 3,800- person brigade started arriving in Iraq in early September after first going to Kuwait.
